Medior Transaction Monitoring Analyst

Lynx Beleggen; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed 13th month

8% holiday allowance

Pension fully paid by Lynx

Public transport travel allowance

Home office equipment & allowance

Training budget €2,000/year

Job summary

LYNX Beleggen is seeking a Medior Transaction Monitoring Analyst in Amsterdam to assess daily financial alerts, profile customers, and verify transactions for regulatory compliance. You will document investigations and liaise with clients on notable activity.

The role emphasizes analytical skills, AML knowledge, and strong written communication to support risk assessment and compliance processes within the TM department.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters in Finance, Law, or Criminology.
• Approximately 1.5–2 years of experience in Transaction Monitoring.
• Solid understanding of AML regulations and financial crime risks.
• Knowledge of investment products and financial markets.
• Experience with customer communication and documentation requests.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Strong written communication skills for investigation documentation.

Responsibilities

• Assess the daily inflow of financial alerts.
• Describe the customer profile, analyze financial data, explain alert triggers, perform plausibility checks, and log findings.
• Search public sources for information about the customer and determine risk profile.
• Interact with customers regarding remarkable transactions and client information.
• Ensure all processes comply with laws and regulations.
• Collaborate with TM professionals across LYNX branches.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Investigative skills

Written communication

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Finance, Law, or Criminology

Job description

We are looking for a Medior Transaction Monitoring Analyst within the Transaction Monitoring department at our headquarter in Amsterdam. Get ready to dive into the thrilling world of financial alerts and conducting insightful event-driven reviews.

Your journey with LYNX:

• Assessing the daily inflow of financial alerts;
• Describe the customer profile, analyze financial data, describe why a specific alert was triggered, do a plausibility check on the transactions and see if they align with the expected behavior of the customer, and log your findings in detail;
• Searching in public sources for information regarding the customer, verifying if all the information is up-to-date, and determining the appropriate risk profile for the customer;
• Having contact with customers regarding remarkable transactions and client information;
• Making sure that all processes are compliant with laws and regulations;
• Work closely together with the TM professionals within all branches of LYNX.

Are you the one we're looking for?

• Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferably in Finance, Law, or Criminology)
• Approximately 1.5–2 years of experience in Transaction Monitoring
• Solid understanding of AML regulations and financial crime risks
• Knowledge of investment products and financial markets
• Experience with customer communication and documentation requests
• Strong analytical and investigative skills
• Strong written communication skills for investigation documentation

Embark on an exciting career adventure with LYNX, We can't wait to welcome you to the crew!

This is what we offer:

This role at LYNX is the perfect opportunity to give your career in the financial world a boost. We offer:

• a fixed 13thmonth;
• 8% holiday allowance;
• a pension scheme fully paid by LYNX;
• public transport travel allowance;
• home office equipment and home office allowance;
• continuous growth potential, including a personal training budget of € 2,000 per year to invest at your own discretion;
• daily lunch from our chef, beverages & fruit, Friday drinks at our own bar;
• trips & activities with your marvelous colleagues (whom, by the way, are the reason that in this role we expect you to be amidst the people; remote working is possible but only limited).

About LYNX

The best choice for anyone who takes investing seriously

LYNX is an online broker established in 2006 that offers execution-only services to investors throughout Europe. Clients of LYNX can trade worldwide in stocks, options, forex, futures, and similar exchange-listed securities and derivatives via the IB platform. The focus of LYNX is in particular on the experienced and more active investor. LYNX has offices in four European cities (Amsterdam, Ghent, Berlin, and Prague), in which more than 65.000 clients are serviced across the Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. LYNX is supervised by the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (Authority Financial Markets, 'AFM') and De Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank, 'DNB').

For the execution of orders and the holding of an investment account, an agreement stands with Interactive Brokers (IB). IB is a subsidiary of the IBKR Group (a US-based global player in the field of online brokerage), which is listed on NASDAQ and has a market capitalization of around $22 billion. Due to the collaboration with IB, investors can execute their orders against low commissions via a state-of-the-art platform with useful trading tools. The investment services that LYNX provides consist of receiving and forwarding orders to Interactive Brokers Limited (hereinafter 'IB'). This is referred to as an execution-only service.